~~ pressed tightly against the KEEP POSTED BY READING THE POST "EACH WEEK & dhe hired al as JPost. More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution NEW, FREE CUTS FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING VOL. 44 DALLAS, PA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1934. 3 POST SCRIPTS JOHNNY FARMER ITEMS HUNTERS SELLING " Johnny (that really isn’t his name) wing the top position in this column this week because, although he’s no bigger than a postscript himself, he needs all the attention he can get. He came to visit us on Wednesday afternoon. We saw him first as a face glass in ~ the door to our office and when we ex- tended the hospitality of The Post to - him he came in without hesitation. ~ He was looking for a job, any sort of a job, the idea being that he needed money to buy a pair of shoes so he can go back to school. Johnny, who should be behind a desk in the second grade room this very minute, can’t go ‘to school until he finds something bet- ter than a pair of oversize goloshes to ‘cover his feet. There are three other ~ children in Johnny’s family and there's a premium on clothing right now. © mers hereabouts ~~ tical experience. Don’t get the idea that Johnny was begging. He wants to work for what he gets, he tells you, and he pulls his ragged cap around to a rakish and de- fiant angle to show you what a re- _ sourceful little roughneck he is. The point of all this is that some- where in Dallas, we suspect, there's a pair of boy’s shoes, size one and one- half or two, that will fit Johnny. Be- fore he left we had him write his name and his address on a scrap of paper. ‘We hope someone telephones in to us ‘and asks for it. Johnny really ought to be going back to school next week. ~~ About one of the best informed far- is Chris Eipper of Dallas township. Chris not only has a practical knowledge of dirt farming ~ and poultry raising but he also knows ~ the theoretical side of agriculture which. he has gathered through wide reading, contact with other men in his +L a vocation, and years of hard prac- This year, Mr. Eip- per was one of the few in this section who raised turkeys for the Thanks- giving market. His flock of 200 aver- ‘aged about fifteen pounds each and sold at top prices in local and city markets. Any one who has had any experience on a farm or in growing fowl knows that turkeys are one of the most difficult birds to grow to maturity and that to be successful in that business requires good hard-head- ed ability and a thorough knowledge of the latest scientific developments in poultry raising. The birds Mr. Eipper ‘raised were not allowed to roam the fields as was the old custom but were grown: to maturity in pens with wire- screened flooring. We congratulate Mr. Eipper on his success and because he is one farmer w eknow who has a great faith in and a love for the vo- cation he follows. * 0% x Year in and year out through sick- ness and through health, through storm and sunny weather, Mrs. Fred Kunkle has furnished us with the local items from her neighborhood each week. Rarely, if ever, does this paper go to press with out the Kunkle items appearing on its pages. Like most work connected with a newspaper it is one where the writer gets little atten- tion or publicity or even credit for that matter, but it is one of the im- portant functions of the newspaper. We appreciate Mrs. Kunkle’s work and we know that there are plenty of peo- ple out her way who enjoy reading her weekly column but who neglect to mention it to her until an item is left out. It is hard work writing a column each week and requires considerable time, energy, and tact to keep every- body satisfied. The more we see and hear of the ex- ploits of deer hunters the more we come to the conclusion that women and children stack up the honors in this field just about as frequently, and with lots less noise than many of the nim- rods who spend most of the season in the woods. Out at Noxen this year a fourteen-year old boy walked out on the hillside back of his home and brought down a nice buck. Over in Centermoreland -a woman put aside her household work for the day and went out in the woods to bring down a big buck. On and on such stories go while the big game hunters of the region go to Pike, Lycoming, or some other dis- tant county to get their quarry and re- turn with nothing more than tall stories or humorous accounts of some old-timer who got buck fever and ‘ froze in his tracks when the object of his search crashed through the woods in front of him. * * * A big factor in the success of any salesman lies in enthusiasm and a firm | conviction that the product for sale is Lazarus Heads Borough Board For Next Year Howard Appleton Retained By Kingston Township Directors EIPPER RE-ELECTED School boards in this section reor- ganized on Monday night and named officers who will preside the next year. Eugene Lazarus was selected president of the Dallas Borough School Board at its reorganization meeting on Monday night. He will succeed Jack Roberts, who was named Vice-presi- dent. Attorney Roscoe B. Smith was reappointed solicitor at a retaining fee of $150 a year. . The board voted to make the study of music compulsory in the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades. It was also voted to pay off a note of $1,000 due December 30 at First Na- tional Bank and to renew a $3,000 note and a $3,600 note. Bills amounting to $604.55 were or- dered paid and the hoard approved an order for four typewriters and an or- der for art supplies costing $71.50. TOWNSHIP RETAINS APPLETON Kingston#Township school hoard re- tained Floward Appleton as president and” named Edwin Hay as vice-presi- dent and A. L. Turner of Dallas as solicitor, at a fee of $150 a year. Wilbur Nichols is secretary of the board. Harry Bogart, tax collector, was ex- onerated from responsibility for $1,005 in delinquent taxes due for deceased, non-resident, and indigent taxes. Liens were ordered filed on certain 1931, 1932, and 1933 taxes and bids on hew clocks for the schools were referred to the property committee. James Martin, supervising principal, reported that a teachers’ institute will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 in the high school building. Dr. Joseph Mil- ler of Wilkes-Barre Cily Schools will illustrate his lecture with motion pic- tures and slides. Parents are invited. TOWNSHIP BOARD REELECTS EIPPER Officers of* Dallas Township school board wh were reelected at the meet- ing on Monday night are C. J. Eipper, president; Giles Wilson, vice-president; Attorney G. J. Clark, solicitor. Plans for construction of the addition to the high school building which was authorized by the electorate at the election last month, were discussed but no definite action was taken. ‘While attending the meeting M. J. Girton, supervising principal, learned of the death of his mother which oc- cured at her home near Bloomsburg. Grange To Meet All Day Saturday Three Sessions Planned For Lehman Grange Hall Luzerne County. Porn Pomona Grange, No 44, will meet on Saturday at Mecker in Lehman Grange Hall for a quarterly all-day session. The morning meeting will open with the fifth degree at 10:30, with Alfred W. Rice of Jackson Grange presiding. Officers for two years will be elected at the morning meeting. The afternoon session will be direct- ed by Andrew M. Hontz, the lecturer of Muhlenburg Grange. That session will be opened to the general public at 2. The evening session will convene at 7:30 and after the meeting members of Mountain Grange of Carverton will present a play. Lehman Grange will act as host and serve the meals. — tl ferme Fractures Arm during as Raymond Williams, 16, of Dallas, fractured his left arm on Wednesday afternoon while playing, He was treat- ed at General Hospital in Wilkes- Barre, -—dHos9sp/lf LH- jrireip\ Publishes Poem A poem, “Confession”, by Sister Mir- iam of College Misericordia, is publish- ed in the current issue of the Common- weal, a weekly review of literature, arts, and public events. Christmas disappointing. pairing games and toys which will Make A Child’s Christmas Happy CORD Conscious of the increased responsibilities which have fallen upon the shoulders of Santa Claus during the past few years, The Post, in co-operation with Boy Scouts in this section, has called for toys which can be repaired and distributed to <hildrengipo might otherwise find Already Boy Scouts from the Huntsville troop, which initiated the plan, and from troops in Shavertown and Dallas are collecting and re- there has been little gladness lately. A great many more toys are needed. must be hundreds of jig saw puzzles; baby carriages, dolls, and books that would coax grateful smiles to little faces. It won’t be a great deal of trouble. your toys to The Dallas Post or to any of the scouts who are helping. At the Scout Hall at Huntsville Center on Monday night you may watch the boys working over the toys and sense some of the sincerity and unselfishness which motivates their interest. They can count on your help, can’t they? y bring happiness into homes where In attics and cellars there Just call Dallas 300 or send Post To Sponsor Vote For ~All - Conference Grid Team Football Coaches To Select Stars / Football coaches throughout the Back Mountain Region will select first Zod second.al=conference teams made up of local gridiron stars and their sel- ect will be announced in The Post next week. Under direction of Edward Kotchi, Post sports writer, ballots have been forwarded to athletic mentors in Kingston Township, Lehman Township. Dallas Township, and Dallas Borough. The coaches will be asked . to select, confidentially, the players who, in the opinion of the coaches, deserve posi- tions on the first or second All-Con- ference teams. ‘When the votes have been returned to The Post a compilation will be made and the line-ups fortwo teams will be announced. The same plan was followed last year with tremendous success and it is hoped that coaches will return their selections to Mr. Kotchi with all speed possible, The coaches who will co-operate are Coach Walter Hicks of Kingston Township, Coach Donald Kester of Dallas Township, Coach Snyder of Lehman, and Coach Homer Nelson of Dallas. Last year Dallas Borough placed six men on the first All Back Mountain Inter-Scholastic Team Kingston Town- ship had four men, and Dallas Town- ship had one. Lehman Champ In a close and gripping victory over Kingston Township on Thanksgiving Day, Lehman Township high school football team won clear title as cham- pion of the local conference. The score wag 13 to 12. Lehman played three conference games, winning all and scoring 44 points to its opponents twelve, Kingston Township, which also had a remarkable team this year, defeated Dallas Borough and Dallas Township and had 51 points against its oppon- ents’ twenty-five. Dallas Borough and Dallas Town- ship, tied for third place, played a tie game on Thanksgiving. Both teams had already been defeated by Lehman and Kingston Township, Sparton Club Meets The Sparton ‘Athletic Club of De- Munds Corners held its. meeting on Monday evening, at the home of Glen- wood Henning. Discussion on the game supper held Saturday evening, November 24, was Plans were made for a three- to be given within a few A committee was appointed to given. act play weeks, finish the constitution. The next meeting will be held Mon- day evening, December 10, at the home of Gordon Austin, Jr. EXPECT DATE TO BE SET FOR P. S.C. HEARING THIS WEEK Alumni To Clash With School Team Benefit. Game Scheduled For! Monday Afternoon At 3:15 A picked team of former local foot- ball stars will play the Dallas Borough High School team next Monday after- noon at 3:15 on Espy Field in a game arranged by friends of Clarence LaBar. - LaBar, a star halfback on the bor- ough team last year, .is attending Stroudsburg State Teachers’ College where he has made a worthy scholastic and athletic record. The funds which are realized from the benefit game on Monday will, it is hoped, enable him to continue his education. Tickets may be purchased from Chief of Police, Leonard O'Kane, ‘Ad Wool- bert, Jr., John L. Sullivan, Robert His- lop, Edward Kotchi, William’s Store, or Coach Homer Nelson. The price will be twenty-five cents to adults and ten cents to students. Any additional contributions should be given to Mr. Nelson or to Calvin MgHose, supervis- ing principal. The line-up for the game follows: Almuni; High School: Eipper Baker LaVelle Gould C. Hislop Dix Woolbert S. Brace P. LaBar John Meade Dick Templin McCullough P. Lee Davis B. Hislop (Capt.) Sullivan D. Coolbaugh Roberts J. LaBar Harvey R. Disque iB. Rodda Substitutes for Alumni team: P. Templin, George Gould, Earl Van Cmapen, K. Besteder, Corey Besteder, Substitutes for High School Team: Bill Disque, Bill Templin, Neimeyer, DeRemer, Mann, Murphy. E. E. AB. . B. +B. Unemployed League | Of Borough Meets Dallas | Unemployed League met at the Dallas Township High School on Monday hight at 7:30. Arrangements were made to register all township un- employed so they may receive prefer- ence for ‘work when construction of the new township high school addition is started. Registrations may be made with the league president, A. A. Mahler. TRUCKSVILLE BOY RANKS SECOND IN COLLEGE RATING son of Rev. and Trucksville, honors in for the first Franklin Parker, Mrs. M. A. Parker of was awarded second “|hold their regular Only C One New Case Of Scarlet er Reported CHECKED BY PROMPT MOVES BY HEALTH OFFICIALS FACES DEATH 5 . and may God, in Hig Infin- ite goodness, have 'mercy on your soul.” Cy So ended Judge Valentine's sen- tence Monday in the sensational case of the Commonwealth versus . Robert Edwards, convicted 21-year- old slayer (above). Penniless, Edwards’ family now must depend on the aid of friends to finance Robert’s appeal to the State Supreme Court. If that fails, Governor-Elect Earle, will find it an unpleasant duty some time af- ter January 1 to fix the date when Bobby Edwards must pay with his life for the murder at Harvey's Lake last July. Play Tourney Is Set For Monday Innovation This Year To Be Musical Contest At - Trucksville ‘A district rural play tournament will be held in Trucksville High School au- ditorium on Monday night, at 8. The tournament, which consists of the two plays from Wyoming County competing against the two best plays from Luzerne County, was originally planned to be held in Tunkhannock High School on the same date, but be- cause of unavoidable circumstances the contest was changed to Trucksville. Huntington Creek Grange will pres- ent a one-act play, “Hot Biscuits,” un- der direction of Mrs. Norman B. Din- ger and Carverton Grange Group will give a one-act play, “Lucy Acts Up,” under direction of Miss Grace Hefft. An innovation in the tournament this year is the musical contest. Two groups from Luzerne County, Carver- ton Grange mixed quartet and Harvey- ville orchestra under the direction of the play tournament. Each organization will give two selections. One selection must be either an original composition or a composition by a composer at one time a native of Pennsylvania and the second selection will be optional with the competing group. The casts of the four one-act plays and the two musical groups will com- pete for the honor of representing Luz- erne and Wyoming Counties at the Harrisburg State Farm Products Show, CHURCH FAIR The Methodist Episcopal Church of Shavertown opened its fair on Tues- day night in the recreation rooms: Goods were on sale at booths decorated with Christmas greens. The Ladies’ Aid Society served a turkey supper to 350. The committee had as members: Her- bert Hall, chairman; Mrs. G. R. Down- er, Mrs. John Engler, George Prater, Ms. A. Belford, Mrs. Helen Healey. The Kingston Township Orchestra en- tertained. Ladies Aid Meeting The Kunkle Ladies’ Aid Society will meeting and serve dinner at the Grange Hall on Wednes- day, December 12. Carl Drapewski, will be judged during ! 500 CULTURES TAKEN IN LAST THREE WEEKS Fifteen Quarantines Still In Effect In This Region NURSES LEAVE . The drastic measures instituted last week in combatting the threatened serie ous epidemic of scarlet fever here gave evidence this week of having checked the advance of the disease. Only one new case was reported in the last week. Fifteen quarantines are still in ef- fect but health authorities expressed opinion that, with continued care, the epidemic will have worn itself out and the danger of wide-spread contagion will end. Credit for checking the alarming spread of scarlet fever was given this week to Elmer Kerr, district health of=- ficer, and Dr. W. F. Davison, State health officer, who had charge of the precautionary measures which were taken here. The greatest defensive move was the taking of approximately 500 cultures in schools from Kingston Township to Orange. . After the cultures were taken all children who reacted positively were placed under observation, This week a number of cultures were made of chil« dren who were under observation and those who gave a megative reaction were released from obesration, The three nurses who helped local health authorities worked here only one, day this week and it is expected they will not be needed unless there is an unexpected outbreak. The-new case reported this week was in the family of Kenneth Martin at Kunkle. ‘Pastor Is Able At Rope Walking Local Clergymen Once Was Skilled Circus Artist Some years ago Rev. George IL. Sweet, the pastor of Meeker Methodist Episcopal hurch, gave up the glamour of the circus to become a preacher, but occasionally he calls upon the experie ences o this days under the big top to entertain his church friends. Recently, Rev. Mr. Sweet's feats of tight wire walking and tumbling have contributed greatly to the success of church eyents at Meeker. On Monday night, Rev. Mr. Sweet will entertain members of Kingston Methodist Epis~ copal Church Men’s Class. The meet« ing will be held in the Church social rooms, where special tight rope equip« ment will be installed. Before he became a minister, and a highly successful one, Rev. Mr. Sweet travelled extensively with circuses and achieved a great deal of recognition for his difficult feats. He tired of circus life and entertained a theological school where he prepared himself for ordina- tion and service as a clergyman, Electric Rates To Be Reduced Here Luzerne County Gas And ‘Electric Corp. Lowers Fees A sizable reduction in electric rates, the. fourth" downward revision announc~ ed by the company in the last six years, will be made effective by Luz- erne County Gas and Electric Corp. beginning January 1. * The reduction will result in a saving of approximately $162,500 annually to residential, commercial, ‘and gmall power customers of the utility, which supplies twenty-seven communities in Wyoming Valley and vicinity. “It is our desire and aim” said A. J. Llewellyn, president, in announcing the reduction, “to reduce rates as rapidly as the increased use of electricity will warrant.” The frequent rate nounced by the local company have won for it a great deal of good will and prestige. “ reductions an- TWO LOCAL YOUTHS ON WEST SIDE TEAM FOR SHRINE GAME a Ro ® Two local athletes, William Disque of Dallas, and Walter Schuler of King- ston Township, are members of the West Side team which will play a team of picked grid stars from the East Side of the Susquehanna at a benefit game tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at Meyer's Stadium. : Disque is a backfield man on the | four outstanding grid stars chosen to Se Dallas Borough team and Schuler | participate in the benefit game. All of en opi the Kingston Town. the boys selected will see action at The game, which is attracting a great [Some time in the game. deal of attention throughout this sec- tion, will be for the benefit of the Shrine Crippled Children’s Fund. The local youths are two of twenty- a the best on the market. Certainly Ho- ward Isaacs, Chevrolet representative of the J. F. Besecker Company, has plenty of enthusiasm and we know from arguments we have had with him on the respective merits of automobiles "that he thinks Chevrolet is far and away the leader in its field. It is that enthusiasm and that conviction that probably accounts for his splendid sell- ing record of the past two months when Although no word has been received from the Public Service Commission term at the A. M. Chesbrough concerning the date on which that group will rehear the complaints of Dallas Seminary of North Chili, N. Y., ac- citizens against the Dallas Water Co., it is likely that the date will be fixed cording to an announcement re- some time this week. ceived this week from Dean Z. E. Kellum of the Seminary. Mr. Parker had an average of 2.56 grade points out of a possible 3-grade point average for the first term. Miss Jean Ross, daughter of Mrs. Gertrude Ross of Allentown, won first place with an average of 2.66 grade point. Rh. engineer's report will be considered at the hearing and definite action toward long-awaited relief locally will be tak- Monday was the deadline for the filing of the repcrt which the Com- mission ordered the water company to prepare and submit at the second hear- po ing. | The hearing will be held at Wilkes- The ‘Commission is also understood |Barre and it is probable that Attorney he has exceeded the sales quotas set |to have completed its own survey and [Herman J. Goldberg, who heard the for him by the Chevrolet company. In Fepors of local conditions, original complaints early in November, (Continued on Page 4.) The utility’s proposal and the State’ will again sit on the case, #® The game will be preceded by a par- lade through Central Wilkes-Barre, beginning at 11:45. Several bands will be in the parade. DE EE CM PPT bprL9O/f-0 scholarship rating 5 3
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